It is remarkable how the recent and serious escalation between the South and North Korea isn't reported much in Australia.
This area is quite significant in comparison with the Middle East and with the general hubbub re 'world terrorism' and I sometimes really wonder if anyone apart from the Koreas, Japan, Russia and China actually have anyone reporting anything.
There's lots of news from Russian TV, Chinese Press, and from the Koreas, but no one else seems to notice much.
The visit by Mr Medvedev to the disputed islands North of Japan is very significant, especially as Mr Putin will soon be in Tokyo for talks. This shows the renewing strength of Russia and its willingness to upset Japan prior to official talks...to thus set an agenda...to put Japan on the backfoot from the start of important talks.
Meanwhile, whenever South Korea gets the US to do practice bombing runs on the edge of North Korea, as they are doing now, well, North Korea gets upset.., as would we, as would anyone in their right mind.
As this is the only place on earth where a world conflagration could and probably will start, it still amazes me that most folk are still looking at the Middle East as if Iran, Israel, and the smaller shops like Iraq and Saudi Arabia, have some global meaning. That was 60 years ago.
Goodness me. That time has passed. if it was important to have peace in the Middle East it would have occurred well before now. Don't people get that?
This area is quite significant in comparison with the Middle East and with the general hubbub re 'world terrorism' and I sometimes really wonder if anyone apart from the Koreas, Japan, Russia and China actually have anyone reporting anything.
There's lots of news from Russian TV, Chinese Press, and from the Koreas, but no one else seems to notice much.
The visit by Mr Medvedev to the disputed islands North of Japan is very significant, especially as Mr Putin will soon be in Tokyo for talks. This shows the renewing strength of Russia and its willingness to upset Japan prior to official talks...to thus set an agenda...to put Japan on the backfoot from the start of important talks.
Meanwhile, whenever South Korea gets the US to do practice bombing runs on the edge of North Korea, as they are doing now, well, North Korea gets upset.., as would we, as would anyone in their right mind.
As this is the only place on earth where a world conflagration could and probably will start, it still amazes me that most folk are still looking at the Middle East as if Iran, Israel, and the smaller shops like Iraq and Saudi Arabia, have some global meaning. That was 60 years ago.
Goodness me. That time has passed. if it was important to have peace in the Middle East it would have occurred well before now. Don't people get that?
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